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[pacman-dev] Little question regarding alpm
by Joao Estevao 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

I'm currently trying to write a front end in python and a python wrapper to alpm and I'm running into some problems. I can't seem to be able to install a package twice. All goes well the first time, but then I get this: DEBUG: closing database 'extra' DEBUG: freeing package cache for repository 'extra' Then I tought I might have to re-open the 'extra' db, so I close it and then I re-open it and get this: FLOW2: target 'alsaplayer' not found -- looking for provisions or sometimes I get : RuntimeError: transaction not initialized or sometimes it works. I guess my question is this. Why does alpm close the db and free the pkg cache when one installs some package(s)? Couldn't it refresh the db and the pkg cache? Thanks in advance and please correct me if I'm wrong. Joao -- A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. -- Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

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[pacman-dev] Patch queue
by Aurelien Foret 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hi all, Following today's discussion on the ML, here is the list of pending patches, with an updated status. If one got lost during the struggle, thanks to let me know. [1] libalpm: symbols naming Just commited. [2] dependsonly feature http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2005-December/000039.html Rejected for now. It will be handled as a feature request (see bug #3220) Add the patch as an attachment to the bugtracker? [3] sync_commit: pass callbacks to the internal transaction http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2006-January/000157.html Commited. I've extended it so that logs and events from the removal part of a sync transaction got notified too. [4] sync_prepare: re-order w.r.t. dependencies http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2005-December/000074.html To be reviewed. [5] sortbydeps: handle provisions http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2006-January/000169.html To be reviewed. [6] doxygen: support for autotools http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2006-January/000170.html Commited. But I had to comment the part in the file doc/Makefile.am for now. It generates the following error: doc/Makefile.am:22: man_MANS must be set with `=' before using `+=' [7] makepkg: partial support for version comparators Commited. -- Aurelien

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman manpage fixes
by VMiklos 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/pacman-manfix.diff somehow these hunks were reverted during the pacman 2.9.8 merge udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] test suite pactest 0.2 ready
by Aurelien Foret 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

I've updated the test suite with more features and test cases. It is available here: http://aurelien.foret.free.fr/archlinux/pactest-0.2.tar.gz It should be almost usable as is by frugalware guys (just update the PM_EXT_PKG variable in the util.py file?) -- Aurelien

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: partial handling of version comparators
by VMiklos 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

hi http://darcs.frugalware.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=pacman;a=plain_commitdi…; the old situation: if for example a module depended on kernel=2.6.15-1 and pacman -S installed 2.6.14-1, then this problem was silently ignored the new situation: now the wrong version (ie. kernel=2.6.14-1) is still installed, but at least after that makepkg exists with an error udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] download code in pacman
by VMiklos 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

hi is there any reason why the download code is in pacman and not in the library? yes, i know, this way the frontends are not forced to use libftp, for example they can use curl, if you want. but i think this is not the same situation as the list handling functions / GList (ie. at a gtk frontend) imho placing the old download code in pacman, and not in the library is a disadvantage, and not an advantage or we could allow to use NULL as the download cb function pointer, and then use the our own download code opinions? if i would implement this then theoratically you wouldn't have objections? udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] sync_sysupgrade(): avoid adding packages with newer version & replaces to trans->packages twice
by VMiklos 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/replaces_twice.di… the scenario is the following: foo and bar installed in the sync repos we have a newer version of foo, plus now foo replaces bar in this case foo should be added to trans->packages only once udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] db_find_conflicts(): bug or feature?
by VMiklos 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

hi in db_find_conflicts(), currently we do not allow symlinks to become dirs and vica versa. for example: build() { Fmkdir /usr/lib/ffox Fln ffox /usr/lib/ffox-$pkgver } can't be upgraded to: build() { Fmkdir /usr/lib/ffox-$pkgver Fln ffox-$pkgver /usr/lib/ffox } which is not normal. i've tried to fix this issue, but the fix is not so trivial. ok, a trivial workaround is to remove the following lines: if(!S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode) && ((isdir && !S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) || (!isdir && S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)))) { /* if the package target is a directory, and the filesystem target * is not (or vice versa) then it's a conflict */ ok = 0; goto donecheck; } but of course this is not a sollution, this will ignore real conflicts, too btw this is a bug in pacman2, too any idea? Aurelien, is this a known problem? udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman: fix ORE in log.c
by VMiklos 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

hi http://darcs.frugalware.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=pacman;a=plain_commitdi…; udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] cleanup(): print a newline if needed
by VMiklos 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

hi http://darcs.frugalware.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=pacman;a=plain_commitdi…; for example when a user hits ctlr-c while a yesno() is runing udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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